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Anthony blinken on npr this morning. >> after the events of august 2 1s, we reached out to congress and we had conversations with members of congress across the country. the one thing we heard from nearly all of them was they wanted their voice heard and their voices counted. >> the president of course has the sthort to act, but its neither his defire senator the be a kwens. >> that content not exactly in line with what president obama is sayingon the issue spanned

Straight day. thats since hitting a record high on august 2. the dow has dropped nearly 700 points and is now below that 15,000 level. lets go to steve sedgwick in london. good morning. >> very good day to you. the market down as you say for six successive days. people are citing concerns over the federal reserve policy and question marg marks about when start withdrawing the stimulus. and fed officials from the july 31 meeting or the minutes from that meeting came out yesterday and people said ...

>> ainsley: good morning to you. its friday. you made it through your workweek. congratulations, its august 2. im ainsley earhart filling in for gretchen. fox news alert, credible and serious threat. thats what is forcing dozens of united states embassies in muslim countries to close now. the latest details on the al-qaeda chatter. >> steve: and hes the editor of the newspaper that compared fox news channel to the ku klux klan. now he says hes sorry. sort of. geraldo rivera weighs in on this str...

Great things i didnt know about that i cant wait to take advantage of, tax-free shopping days. >> to provide financial relief for parents of families, some states offer tax-free shopping days where you might get tax-free breaks on clothing, school supplies and even electronics. a lot of these states like north carolina, virginia, florida are hosting those this week. from august 2-4, go to taxadmin.org to find out when your states may be participating and what those breaks are. >>alisyn: you sugg...

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Truth serum. >> its somewhat like alcohol. it allows your inhibitions to drift away and there is something in the front of your mind that youre creating or youre pretending in theory, youre not supposed to be able to carry out those functions of saying, yeah, i want to pretend like im crazy. >> brian: that was author aidala. its the states burden to prove he was sane and therefore, taxpayer also pick up the cost for those evaluations. the status hearing set for august 2. >> steve: a major update...

Summer. >> do i think hes insane, absolutely not. and i think in the end when all the evidence is brought out, you know, and kind of the dust settles, it will be the same as it would have been and thats a guilty plea. >> by changing his plea, holmes waives his right to medical privacy. this means that notebook he sent to his psychiatrist will be handed over to police for review and it could void his insanity claim. a status hearing is set for august 2. in the meantime, breaking overnight, ther...

Washington to put tarp. but after it went through t went north to 10,000 to 6600. last year action debt ceiling. july 29, the president sign it is august 2. august 5 we collapse because s & p down grades us. we still need something that doesnt insult the senses completely. listen, were all going to suspend disbelief for a little bit with respect to whatever comes up. but it cant be so obvious that it does nothing but move the needle a few months away. >> steve: it does look like were going to ge...